Re: aptitude deleted most of packages!!
Joe Hart wrote:
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> Ninenineone Efx wrote:
>> I think I made a big mistake.
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>> I executed the following command to install a font package.
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>> aptitude install ttf-unfonts
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>> After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages.
>> I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast.
>> :-(
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> Looks like you've been bitten by aptitude being "smart". In the future
> don't blindly answer yes to questions. Read what they are going to say.
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> Now, as for getting your apps back. They *should* all be in the apt's
> cache. You just need to reinstall them. If you can't figure out which
> ones to reinstall, then maybe aptitude was right and you didn't need
> them anyway (there are log files to check to see what was removed).
>
> Joe
>
Doesn't aptitude have an "undo" command? ctl-u or something like that.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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